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momina's avatar

first of all, apologies for not reading this sooner. second of all, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'VE WATCHED THE SAME DRAMAS I LOOOVE THESE. lastly, i love the way uve written about them sm omg u did them justice for sure!!!

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Halima's avatar

THANK YOUUU!! I’m so glad I could do all my faves justice 🥹

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momina's avatar

ok so id recommend u watch alif, yakeen ka safar, ehd e wafa, bin roye, humsafar, shehrezaat and aangan. these r like THE best dramas in existence!!

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Halima's avatar

The fact that these are all on my watchlist tooo 😭😭 I NEED TO WATCH THEM

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nawal's avatar

i was about to comment this list as an addition too! you are so right

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sarina💛's avatar

I loved Sinf-e-Aahan, the casting was really good. And it was refreshing to not watch a romance-related drama. You’ve picked out some different ones though which I’ll be looking into!🎀

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Halima's avatar

Ahhhh I love that!! 🥹 hope you enjoy whatever you watch 🫶🏻

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undiagnosed girlhood's avatar

Hii fellow pakistani here :))

Im loving parwarish its so refreshing to see the industry actually making an effort to actually understand young people, kbmt is my all time fav im never getting over it the ost makes me cry everytime

Plus if you havent you should definitely watch ehd e wafa is also one of my all time favs and if you're up for watching an old ptv one my parents recently showed me Tanhaiyan and it was genuinely so amazing you should definitely give it a try :))

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Halima's avatar

Heyyy 🥰 I love Ehd E Wafa, I remember that drama being one of my first dramas I watched when I got into the genre hehe, KMKT is sooo timeless and I can just tell it’s gonna become a classic one day 🥹 I’ve never heard of that one so I’ll definitely add it to my watchlist!!

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undiagnosed girlhood's avatar

Samee ehd e wafa was my first too hehe

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hajra's avatar

parvarish and kmkt my children.

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Halima's avatar

Hehe 🥹 Parwarish has my heart and soul rn

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hajra's avatar

it gives me the motivation to survive each week

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momina's avatar

yunhi, sinf e ahan, and suno chanda ARE MY BABIES I LOVE THEM SM??

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Halima's avatar

CLASSICS I STG

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Wasia's avatar

You posted this as I’m currently rewatching KMKT and now I wanna rewatch ALL of them 😂 except for maybe khuda aur mohabbat that was a heavy one. Part 2 to this post soon? 👀

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Halima's avatar

Ahhhh no wayyyy 🤣🤣 hmm maybe, I’ll need to watch a few more tho!! 🤭🫶🏻

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Wasia's avatar

Definitely! There were so many good new ones just a little while back 🤌🏼

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Manii's avatar

I feel like Kabhi Main kabhi tum was definitely a favorite of mine, I actually liked it so much I wrote a 12 page essay about it in my journal based on sociological evidence and all

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Halima's avatar

Niceee 🤭🤭 would you post that essay on Substack bc I’m definitely intrigued 👀

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Manii's avatar

Once I type it out on my computer and edit it, Ill definitely put it up!!

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Theo's avatar

You should do one for the older ones from our parent's time those were unmatched

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Halima's avatar

Ahhh maybe 😭 I’ve only watched like one from the early 2010s tbh, Sadqay Tumhare idk if you’ve watched it tho

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Theo's avatar

I never was able to remember names let's just assume I watched it

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imaan's avatar

YAY kabhi main kabhi tum mentioned🥹🥹🥹 my fave show ever ever ever.

you’ve sorted me out for the summer with these reccs, thank you hehe :P

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Halima's avatar

KMKT supremacyyy ofccc 🤭🤭 and I’m so glad!! Hope you enjoy them 🫶🏻

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hiba's avatar

im still yet to watch any pakistani dramas even tho im very pakistani (also dont know much about paki dramas) but your descriptions are awesome and im drawn to watching something from this list, not sure what tho bcz they all sound pretty good 😭 also im noticing this trend with mostly romance dramas, are there any other genres or do we as a country just specialize in romance? THANK YOU FOR THIS HALIMA ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡

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Halima's avatar

Thank you Hiba!! 🤭 I think romance is our specialty tbh (which isn’t such a bad thing, I mean I know Pakistanis dramas have raised my standards for sure hehe) but yeah, I hope you enjoy whatever drama you pick from this list and lemme know what you think!! 🫶🏻 (also *gasp* at you not watching Pakistani dramas as a Pakistani, GIRL HOWWW)

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hiba's avatar

ohmygod trueee considering how difficult finding love can be paki dramas are doing the right thing making everything about romance we NEED the high standards. AND I KNOW EVERY FRIEND OF MINE KNOWS MORE THAN 1 DRAMA AT LEAST AND I JUST KNOW NAMES OF DRAMAS; I blame my parents for stopping me (they also never took an interest to watching dramas, surprising I know). THANK YOU I WILL WATCH SOMETHING SOON

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